Southern California; . he crumbling adobe ruins of the first building in the val-ley. At some time duringthe early part of the centurythe peaceful Indians dwell-ing in the San BernardinoValley applied to the Fran-ciscan Fathers at the MissionSan Gabriel, requesting thatstock-raising be introducedin their country. In theyear 1822 their request was granted, and upon the site ofthe present ruins, the adobe walls, so characteristic ofthe Spanish settlement, were reared. Tiles were bakedfor a flooring, and the roof was of thatched an outlying post of the Mission San Gabrieland under
Southern California; . he crumbling adobe ruins of the first building in the val-ley. At some time duringthe early part of the centurythe peaceful Indians dwell-ing in the San BernardinoValley applied to the Fran-ciscan Fathers at the MissionSan Gabriel, requesting thatstock-raising be introducedin their country. In theyear 1822 their request was granted, and upon the site ofthe present ruins, the adobe walls, so characteristic ofthe Spanish settlement, were reared. Tiles were bakedfor a flooring, and the roof was of thatched an outlying post of the Mission San Gabrieland under the direct supervision of the mission fathers,it was not, properly speaking, a mission, and littleseems to be known of the details of its history. Stock-raising was the only pursuit considered profitable then,and for a long time to come, although small orchardsand vineyards were planted to supply the local needsIn 1832, the Indians, becoming dissatisfied with theirrestraint, rebelled, and destroyed the hacienda, but it. ,A 28 was promptly rebuilt. Shortly after this, however, thepadres were deprived of their authority by the decree ofsecularization, and the entire district was divided intoextensive cattle ranches, controlled by Mexicans. This state of affairs continued without interruption,save for occasional Indian difficulties, for nearly twentyjears, when a new element was added to the life of thevallej. Brigham Young wished to have a colony at somepoint near the Pacific Coast, from which Europeanemigrants en route for Salt Lake City n;ight start ontheir overland journey, and after some negotiations withthe holders of Mexican grants in the San BernardinoValley, a large tract was purchased on credit. Accord-ingly, in the spring of 1851 a party of Mormons campedin the Cajon Pass and looked down upon the valleywhich was to be their future home. There were somefifty wagons drawn b} oxen in this first train, followedshortly afterward by other parties, swelling the numberin all to
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